“All Torment, Trouble, Wonder, and Amazement Inhabits Here": The Vicissitudes of Technology in Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Authors

James B. South, Marquette UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Language

eng

Format of Original

10 p.

Publication Date

Spring 2001

Publisher

John Wilay and Sons

Source Publication

Journal of American and Comparative Cultures

Source ISSN

1537-4726

Original Item ID

doi: 10.1111/j.1537-4726.2001.2401_93.x

Abstract

Argues that several central themes in the television program "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" can be understood best by looking at the sources of social relations conditioned by technology. Citations of several passages about cultural obsession with the occult; Description of a technological society; Difference between the real world and the world portrayed in the TV program.

Comments

Journal of American and Comparative Cultures, Vol. 24, No. 1-2 (Spring/Summer 2001): 93-102. DOI.

Recommended Citation

South, James B., "“All Torment, Trouble, Wonder, and Amazement Inhabits Here": The Vicissitudes of Technology in Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (2001). Philosophy Faculty Research and Publications. 10.
https://epublications.marquette.edu/phil_fac/10